New Delhi: The farmers’ organisations again took to streets on Monday after eight months of protest against the farm laws that the Centre decided to withdraw. They called for a ‘Mahapanchayat’ at Jantar Mantar in the national capital. As a result, security was beefed up at Delhi borders including Singhu and Ghazipur borders, including Singhu and Ghazipur, ahead of the demonstration called by the farmers organisations. Samyukta Kisan Morcha called a Mahapanchayat in which farmers from different parts of the country are taking part, sources said. The Delhi administration has beefed up security measures in the city. Abhimanyu Singh Kohar said that it was a day-long protest to demand legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP). He, however, said that the police are yet to give permission for Mahapanchayat at Jantar Mantar.
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Meanwhile, 19 farmers were detained at the Ghazipur border on their way to Jantar Mantar to attend Mahapanchayat. The police said that they took the farmers to a nearby area to avoid any violence. The protest was held on the heels of detention of Rakesh Tikait, spokesperson for the Bharatiya Kisan Union, the national spokesperson and a prominent face of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha. He was detained on Saturday on his way to Delhi.
